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[2014-07-31 14:35 UTC] villascape at gmail dot com
Description:
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DOMDocument::loadHTML() and DOMDocument::saveHTML() is not consistent for some input strings; specifically '<body> </body>'.
Note that I am using PHP version 5.5.14-1.ius.centos6.x86_64, and not 5.5.15.
Test script:
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<?php
$str1='<body> </body>';
echo('Initial<pre>'.htmlspecialchars($str1).'</pre>'); //<body> </body>
$dom = new DOMDocument(); //Default is UTF-8, but iso-8859-1 is available if required
$dom->loadHTML($str1);
$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
$body = $dom->getElementsByTagName('body')->item(0);
$str2=$dom->saveHTML($body);
echo('First Option 1<pre>'.htmlspecialchars($str2).'</pre>'); //<body> </body>
$dom->loadHTML($str2);
$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
$body = $dom->getElementsByTagName('body')->item(0);
$str3=$dom->saveHTML($body);
echo('Second Option 1<pre>'.htmlspecialchars($str3).'</pre>'); //<body>Â </body>
?>
Expected result:
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Initial String
<body> </body>
Returned String Pass 1
<body> </body>
Returned String Pass 2
<body> </body>
Actual result:
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Initial String
<body> </body>
Returned String Pass 1
<body> </body>
Returned String Pass 2
<body>Â </body>
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